Who sings tiny dancer?

It's widely believed to have been written for Bernie Taupin's girlfriend Maxine Fiebelmann, who he married in '71 and who toured with Elton John's band, often making and repairing their stage costumes.

However, Taupin himself denies this- he says that it was just a generic song written in 1970 about petite hippie-girls in California, who he and Elton met a lot of whilst on tour.